Recently, at Arizona State University's Biodesign Institute, N.J. Tao and collaborators have found a way to make a key electrical component on a phenomenally tiny scale. Their single-molecule diode is described in this week's ...
Nanophysics
Oct 13, 2009
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David Storm, a research physicist, and Tyler Growden, an electrical engineer, both with the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, developed a new gallium nitride-based electrical component called a resonant tunneling diode (RTD) ...
Optics & Photonics
May 12, 2020
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Computer chips that transmit data with light instead of electricity consume much less power than conventional chips, but so far, they've remained laboratory curiosities. Professors Vladimir Stojanović ...
Electronics & Semiconductors
Nov 24, 2009
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The discovery of graphene, a material just one atom thick and possessing exceptional strength and other novel properties, started an avalanche of research around its use for everything from electronics to optics to structural ...
Nanophysics
Aug 23, 2012
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The coherence of quantum systems is the foundation upon which hardware for future information technologies is based. Quantum information is carried by units called quantum bits, or qubits. They can be used to secure electronic ...
Quantum Physics
Aug 29, 2013
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Recent advances in the development of devices made of 2D materials are paving the way for new technological capabilities, especially in the field of quantum technology. So far, however, little research has been carried out ...
Nanophysics
Nov 28, 2023
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Individual molecules have been used to create electrical components like resistors, transistors and diodes, that mimic the properties of familiar semiconductors. But according to Nongjian (NJ) Tao, a researcher at the Biodesign ...
Nanophysics
Dec 5, 2011
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An international team of scientists is developing an inkable nanomaterial that they say could one day become a spray-on electronic component for ultra-thin, lightweight and bendable displays and devices.
Nanomaterials
Mar 21, 2023
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They are large, rarely seen and thought to inhabit deep waters far from shore.
Plants & Animals
Jul 1, 2019
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It might not be long before consumers can just hit "print" to create an electronic circuit or wireless sensor in the comfort of their homes.
Engineering
Jul 20, 2015
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